Superpolyamides and process of producing same



- amides-and a'process oi producing same." I

v r Buperpolyamides, as is known British Patent Specification 110,461,237," can be fprepared by oondensing'ceiftaln diamines and .dicarbox'ylic acids. or derivatives or salts thereof or mixtures oi these materials. The properties of the superpolyamides are dependant, in particular,

. on the degree of condensation and on the chemi-- 1 for example from cal nature of the diamines and dicarbcxylic, acids employed, The desired degree of condensation can be secured by employing definite temperatures and pressures during the condensation or p -monocarboxylic acids.

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' The present invention relates-to a r -,5 m 9, i941, serum 3mmy 1 by adding slight proportions of compounds capa- 4 ble of checking the growth of the chain of molecules in the condensation products, as'for. ex-

ample primaryamines, ammonia. or organic Superpolyamides pre- I pared in the presence of such additions do not undergo a further condensation upon heating as I 100 partsofglutaric acid-'hexam'e amine 'salt and 900 parts oiadipic acid hexamethylenediamine'salt areheated 'tol28 0 C. in a pressure-tight vessel of chromium-nickel steeLi after the air having been eliminated by means of; {free nltrogenb- 'l he pressur produced-by th water formed in the condensation isreleased t after at least one hours heating, whereuponheate lght i Example,

ing is continued at from 280 to; 2,85 Qf ior'4 hours. The melt of superpolyamide formed-is then forced through a nozzle into water. The

superpolyamide obtained is well-fusible and can would be the case with superpolyamides prepared in the absence of such additions, which superpolyamides get an increasing melted tor a prolonged time and can therefore in certain-cases be worked, for example spun, only withdifllculty, I

tougher and tougher and contain 7 amount of vapor bubbles when We have now..ioun'd that superpolyamides I iwhich are heat-resistant, i. e. are no longersub- 'ject to further condensation and can thereiore particular well spun in "the be easily spun from the melt without leaving any residue. 1 l I In the above example'the diamine and dibasic acid constituents ar used in the form of the diamine-dibasic acid 'saltsand are, therefore, present in equimolecular proportions.

- What we claim is: l

l. A process for obtaining viscosity stable Vsuperpolyamldes which comprises condensing polyamide-f orming reactants consisting substantially oi equimolecular amounts of diami e and molten state, are. obtained by condensing about molecular proportions 'oi superpolyamide-forming,

carboxylic. acid other than said first mentioned dicarboxylic acids and diamines in the presence of up to 20 per cent byweight (calculated with a glutaric acid-diamine salt. The superpolyamides thus obregard to the final superpolyamide) tained also possess a high gloss which is often 1 desirable for fllms and threads.- An addition 0! per cent of glutaric acid hexamethylenediamine salt to adipic acid-hexamethylenediamine salt, for example yields a superpolyamide which melts only about C. below the superpolyamide from adipic acid-hexamethylenedlamine salt alone, and is essentially viscosity stable since it can be kept in the moltenstate for a long time 1 without its viscosity becoming higher and bubbles being developed, i, e. without undergoing further condensation. Though glutaric acid diamine salts, when condensed 'alone, only yield brittle products giving but fragile threads when spun, the loss. of mechanical strength is surprisingly small with additions up to 20 per cent according to our invention, and especially at 10 per cent and below, polyamides is not interfered with thereby. It is to be understood that the percentage 01' the glutaric acid-diamine salt given in the claims is calculated with reference to the final superpolyand the practical use of the superdicarboxylic acid, a substantial amount n t exdiamine-dibasic acid which is derived from a didicarboxyl-ic acid and. which consists of glutaric acld-hexamethylenediamine salt,

2. A process ior making superpolyamides which comprises condensing substantially equimolecular amounts of hexamethylenediamine, and adipic acld in the presence of a substantial'amount not exceeding20% byiweight' otia glutaric' acidhexamethylenediamine salt. l v

3. A viscosity stable superpolyamide which comprises the condensation product oi. polyamide-forming reactants consisting substantially The following example serves toillustrate how 1 he-present invention-may be carried out in;prac-" I tice; butthe inventionis not restrictedtto the i 1 said example j 'lhe parts are ceeding 20%"by weight of said reactants being a of equimolecular amounts of diamine and dicarboxylic acid, a substantial amount not exceeding 20% by weight of said reactants being a diamine-dibasic acid which is derived from a dicarboxylic acid other than said first mentioned dicarboxylic acid and which consists of glutaric acid-hexamethylenediamine salt.

4. A viscosity stable superpolyarnide which' comprises the condensation product of substantially equimolecular amounts of hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid in the presence of a substantial amount not exceeding 20% by weight of a glutaric acid-hexamethylenediamine salt.

' HUGO KROEPER,

FRITZ KOHLER. KARI: WOLF. 

